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APPLICATION FILED JULY 29.1916.

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SNOW-REMOVING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 27,1917.

, Application filed July 29, 1916. SerialNo. 112,023.

To all whom it may concern: I 7

Be it known that I, SALvAToRnDIcNoTI, a

7 subject of the King of Italy, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Snow-Removing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

Heretofore in. removing the snow from streets and particularly city streets various devices including snow plows and brushes have been employed to throw the snow to one side of the street so that it may be shoveled or otherwise put into carts and carried away to be disposed of. The object of my invention is the provision of an apparatus by which the handling of the snow by shovels or other instruments .may be entirelyfdispensed with and in the operation of my improved device the snow is collected into piles or rows running parallel with-the street and then forced up an'incline into a cart which maybe suitably operated and when filled is drawn or driven away to a place where the snow is to be disposed of, and the apparatus comprising-my present invention will be hereinafter more particularly described.

In the drawing, Figure=1 is a side elevation of my improved snow removing apparatus,

Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. I Fig. 3-is an enlarged plan view of 'th plow member employedin carrying out my invention. Fig. 4 is a cross section on line 44'Fig. 3, and, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the blades used in the plow.

Referring to the drawing in carrying out my invention I employ a cart 10 which as illustrated is mounted upon the chassis 11 of a motor vehicle, although as will be understood the invention may be employed with horse drawn vehicles. The vehicle as illustrated is mounted on wheels 12 and fitted customary countershaft 14 on which there is a gear 15 connected by a belt or chain 16 with a gear 17 on the rear axle 18 of the vehicle by which the same is driven. At the rear of the vehicle there is a suitable opening and extending in inclined positions from the sides at the rear of the vehicle there are side members 19 and 20. Adjacent the up-. per ends of these side members a shaft 21 is journaled in suitable bearings and adjacent the lower ends of these side members a shaft 22 is similarly journaled. The shaft 21 carries a pulley 23 and the shaft 22 a pulley with an engine 13. The engine drives thev 24. Aroundthese pulleys 23 and 24 isan endless conveyor 25 which as illustratedis'j prov dedat its outer surface with a rack 26 engaging with 'a' gear 27 on, the rearaxle of thevehicle by which as will be under-' stood the endless conveyer is driven. It will] furthermorebe understood that while I have illustrated one rackand gear for driving the conveyor any suitable number may be employed. V

Pivotally mounted at the lower end of the side members- 19 and 20 andwextending between the same is an adjustablediverging chute 28. This is provided with sides 29 and 30 which as hereinbefore indicated I diverge from the lower end of the chute to lugs 31 terminating in pins or trunnions 32' which pass through the extremities of the side: members 19 and 20 and by whichthe.

diverging chute is pivotally mounted. It will be understood that this diverging chute may be set in any desired position so that its outer and lower end may be broughtas near the ground as is necessary when in use and may be raised when not in use.

- Together with the foregoing apparatus I employ a plow indicated at 33. This preferablyl comprises sidelmembers 34 and 35 and cross members36, the side members being sultably secured in the cross members and soplaced as to-converge toward the a'djustable diverging chute 28. In the underside of the forward cross member a series of blades 37 are suitably placed as indicated so as to loosen the snow and thus assist the side m'embersto force and direct the same into a pile running parallel with the street or in line with the travel of the vehicle. The

hinged at 43 in the bottom thereof and the top of the cart with brackets 44 and 45 in which is journaled a shaft 46 operated by a crank 47 to open and close the doors by means of chains 48 passing around the shaft 46 and suitably connected to the said doors.

In the use of this apparatus the plow may be connected thereto as indicated in the drawing or may be used independently of the conveyer and chute for forcing the snow into the cart. If used independently the plow may be suitably driven so as to collect the snow in the street into piles 01' rows running parallel therewith and as will be understood whether the plow works independently of the cart or in conjunction therewith as shown in the drawing the vehicle as illustrated is driven backward so as to cause the diverging chute to collect the rows of snow, forcing the same onto the conveyer by which it is carried into the cart. Of course it will be understood when the cart is filled the vehicle may be reversed and driven to the place where the snow is to be disposed of and there the doors in the bottom of the cart are open so as to permit the snow to fall through the cart into a pit or reservoir or for example oif a dock into a river.

I claim as my invention:

1. A snow removing apparatus comprising a cart, inclined side members extending from the rear thereof, an endless conveyer between the said inclined side members, means for driving the conveyer from an axle of the cart, a diverging chute adjustably mounted at the lower ends of the said inclined side members for directing the snow onto the conveyer, a plow member having converging side members, and a plurality of blades fixed in the plow member adjacent the wide forward end thereof to loosen the under portions of the snow and to direct the initial movement thereof in order to assist the side members of the plow in forming a pile of snow and directing the same into the path of the said diverging chute.

2. A snow removing apparatus comprising a cart, inclined side members extending from the rear thereof, an endless conveyer between the said inclined side members, means for driving the conveyer from an axle of the cart, a diverging chute adjustably mounted at the lower ends-of the said inclined side members for directing the snow onto the conveyer, a plow member having converging side members, a plurality of blades fixed in the plow member adjacent the wide forward end thereof to loosen the under portions of the snow and to direct the initial movement thereof in order to assist the side members of the plow in forming a pile of snow and directing the same into the path of the said diverging chute, and means for detachably connecting the said plow to the said inclined side members of the cart.

3. A Show removing apparatus comprising a cart, inclined side members extending from the rear thereof, an endless conveyer between the said inclined side members, means for driving the endless conveyer from an axle of the cart, a diverging chute pivotally mounted at the lower ends of the said inclined side members for directing the snow onto the conveyer, a plow having converging sides, a cross piece mounted in the forward end of the plow, a series of blades mounted in the said cross piece and fixed in oppositely inclined positions on the opposite sides of the longitudinal center of the plow in order to loosen the under portion of the snow and direct the initial movement thereof so as to assist the side members of the plow in piling the snow in the path of the said diverging chute, and means for detachably connecting the plow to the side members of the cart. Signed by me this 24th day of July, 1916.

SALVATORE DIGNOTI.

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